How’s Your Learn-How?

“In today’s rapidly changing world it’s not our know-how, it’s our learn-how that ensures our continued success in business and in life.”

- Larry Wilson

I recently have been coming across more articles that are focussed around successful entrepreneurs and what has helped them to become successful. 12 Successful Entrepreneurs Share Their Best Productivity Tips and 12 Successful Entrepreneurs Share The Best Advice They Ever Got are two of the most recent. A common theme I’ve noticed about successful people is that most of the time it is not their know-how that helped them become successful, but rather their learn-how. 

It’s very rare to find a successful individual that knew exactly what they were going to do, did just that and became successful from it. Rather, it’s the individuals (and companies) that can listen and adapt to their customer, the market or simply the advice from others that have had similar experiences.

Now if you’re reading this and have already determined that you’re not an entrepreneur and this doesn’t apply to you, think about the definition of entrepreneur - a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, usually with considerable initiative and risk. Replace the word “enterprise” with “life” and wouldn’t that include basically anyone that is an adult and responsible for themselves or others? We are entrepreneurs within our own life, especially if we have children!

So congratulations! We have just determined that you are an entrepreneur! And now that you’re an entrepreneur, how do you think you’re doing considering your new-found title? Do you think you already have it all figured out and will become entrepreneur of the year as you are, or might you start to relate your own life to those that are featured in articles such as the ones pointed out above?

The way I read it, every single point made in each of these articles can be applied to our professional and personal lives. Change a word here or there to apply to the particular situation in which we’re referencing and the same information shared here can help lead to more success in our lives. The good news is that we don’t have to have to have the know-how to be a successful entrepreneur, we have to have the learn-how!

Here's the Point:

Getting started on something and being able to learn as we go can bring us more success than only pursuing something we already know how to do. We shouldn’t worry so much about our know-how, but rather give more focus to our learn-how.